The plan includes the establishment of big Russian military, naval and air bases in Syria and the release of advanced weapons systems withheld until now to Iran, with the S-300 air-missile defense system, and the nuclear-capable Iskander to Syria.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates has something in common with those on left, they’re both too smart to fall for something a Russian general has to say. The fact that this general is threatening Poland with a nuclear attack is really nothing that we should get worked up about. The general doesn’t mean it.
I, being not [...]

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Russia may send military aircraft back to bases in Cuba in response to U.S. plans to deploy elements of a missile defense system in Europe, Izvestiya reported, citing an unidentified “highly placed source.”
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How would we like it if Russia placed interceptor missiles in Cuba or Venezuela? That question is disingenuous. Both Russia and China have been quietly helping Iran with its missile and nuclear programs. And now they’re mad that we actually want to protect ourself from a rogue state that they’ve been helping for years. That’s [...]

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It’s hard to take Medvedev/Putin’s complaints seriously about the American missile defense system in Europe while they help arm a China that might turn on them at any time.
Of course, I can’t help but bring up the fact that Russia has helped Iran create the missile problem in the first place. Russia has long been [...]

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The Topol-M series, which has the NATO reporting designation of SS-27, has a range of around 7,000 miles and the ability to evade any future U.S. missile defense system deployed in central Europe.
The system is reportedly capable of withstanding a direct hit from laser weapons, electromagnetic pulse and a nuclear blast, the report said.
Solovtsov said [...]

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has demanded that Russia be allowed ‘permanent’ access to planned US missile shield defense facilities in Eastern Europe. His wish seems unlikely to be granted. more…

The World from Berlin: Lame Duck Bush with Lame Duck Putin on the Black Sea
Trans-Atlantic Identity Crisis: NATO Summit Fails to Heal Deep Divisions
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Making a surprise appearance at a news conference Friday, Putin also said he was “in general satisfied with the discussion” with world leaders at the NATO summit in Bucharest, where diplomats had feared that Putin would harshly criticize their governments’ support of U.S. plans to place components of a missile-defense system in Central Europe and [...]

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The attack on U.S. military forces of the at Pearl Harbor Hawaii did not just happen nor was it a quick reaction to initiatives instituted by President Roosevelt. The Japanese believed that they were being pushed into a corner by Roosevelt and felt that they must act to protect the Empire. The follow outline describes [...]

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In the face of Iran’s continued race towards nuclear power, as well as growing tensions with Syria, the Israel Air Force will hold an exercise in the coming weeks to test the Arrow missile defense system’s capability in tracking an advanced Iranian Shihab 3, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Defense officials said that the Black [...]

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Washington (UPI) May 23, 2007 Russia’s new state-of-the-art S-400 missile defense system will be operational around Moscow by the beginning of July. The commander of the Russian Air Force, three-star Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin, made the announcement Monday, RIA Novosti reported. RIA Novosti described the S-400 Triumf system, designated by NATO as the SA-21 Growler, [...]

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